AsiaDHRRA’s member DHRRAs, namely CamboDHRRA, LaoDHRRA, and PhilDHRRA, organized a multi-stakeholder National Dialogue event on Responsible Agricultural Investment (RAI). The forum was attended by the same participants from the National Training event (Learning Programme) held on October 2022, representing the government agencies, private sectors, NGOs, academe, cooperatives, and women and youth organizations (farmer organizations).
Participants of the Dialogue event in Cambodia
The objective of the gathering is for the women and youth organizations to present the recommendations identified during the National Training event on the key challenges they faced to the concerned government institutions, the academe, the private sector, and other stakeholders. The recommendations are anchored on the local context per country and supported by concrete and feasible solutions. The participants had in-depth discussions on these recommendations, expressing their respective contexts and experiences.
Presentation of recommendations during the Dialogue event in Lao PDR
Schedules of the Dialogue events:
- Cambodia – Dec 2, 2022, Cambodiana Hotel, Phnom Penh
- Lao PDR – Nov 18, 2022, Donchan Palace Hotel, Vientiane
- Philippines – Dec 2, 2022, Oracle Hotel and Residences, Quezon City
Women and youth farmers’ organizations in the Philippines
The documented suggestions will support crafting a strategy paper for the National Validation event.
RAI is a programme in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (FAO).
